2010 Summer Faculty Fellowship Program

 The application site for the 2010 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship Program (NGFFP) is now open.  Full-time Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) faculty members in accredited U.S .universities and colleges may log-on to the NGFFP application and instructions, http://newbusiness.grc.nasa.gov/university-affairs/.  The deadline for submitting full application is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.  The 10-week Summer Fellowship will start on Monday, June 7, 2010. NASA GRC is looking forward to welcoming new Faculty Fellows for 2010.

Cleveland Council of World Affairs

Glenn Reserach Center hosted a delegation of visitors on Nov. 13, 2009, from several European countries ( Spain, Turkey, Latvia and Bulgaria) to review our renewable and sustainable energy-related projects. These participants are potential future leaders in their home countries. The delegation was sponsored by the State Department and locally implemented by the Cleveland Council of World Affairs. The visitors were given an overview of GRC energy-related activities, both past and present, and then toured the solar collectors and the Greenlab.  (Point of Contact: Joe Shaw, 216 433-7135).

Collaboration with Ohio University

Discussions were recently held with researchers at Ohio University focused on clean coal technologies. Dr. David Bayless, Ohio University, Director of the Ohio Coal Research Center, enthusiastically supported GRC’s efforts to discuss competencies of mutual interest for collaboration for future competitive funding opportunities.

Collaboration topics such as high temperature fuel cells (durability in coal gas environments and integration with gas turbines), fluid dynamics, combustion processes, and materials durability (high temperature, erosion and coatings) were identified as potential areas of collaboration. Contacts have been made with appropriate Division Chiefs at GRC to facilitate follow-up contacts. (Point of Contact: Joe Shaw, 3-7135),

NASA Glenn and Kent State University Aviation Program Partnership

Dr. Verna Fitzsimons, Dean of the College of Technology (COT), and Mr. John DeCola, Director of Development for COT, recently visited NASA Glenn (GRC) to see the ongoing collaboration efforts between the two organizations as well as explore future opportunities.

The visit included a tour of the GRC education facility where Mr. Tom Benson described the current effort involving Mr. Robert Grimaldi a second year undergraduate in the KSU aviation program. Mr. Grimaldi is working with Mr. Benson to fabricate and test various airfoil configurations in a GRC wind tunnel (visible in the background of the photograph) to acquire data, which Mr. Benson will use to upgrade his educational software. This software has received widespread critical acclaim from the education community. This very positive collaboration effort will lead to follow on opportunities that will benefit both participants.

(Point-Of-Contact: Robert (Joe) Shaw/216 977-7135)

On September 23, 2009, NASA Glenn Reserach Center (GRC) hosted a group of seventeen administrators and facutly from Central State University (CSU)at GRC to explore possible collaboration opportunities and continue to build the strategic alliance between GRC and CSU. The CSU group was led by the university’s president, Dr. John Garland. At the end of a very positive day, fifteen opportunities for collaboration were identified and will be further explored. (POC: Robert. J. Shaw)

Ohio Aviation Forum Workshop: On October 6th, 2009, GRC hosted a two-day workshop for the FAA and other aerospace related-organizations to help foster collaboration.The FAA presented their first open forum on how they have been and will continue to work with stakeholders to develop an improved air traffic control system in the United States. The workshop was organized by Aerospace Enterprises, Ohio Aerospace Institute, and the Business Development and Partnerships Office at NASA Glenn Research Center.

The approximately 65 attendees included air traffic controllers, FAA Command Center personnel, major airline representatives, general aviation association members, Ohio Aerospace Institute,representatives from several universities, the State of Ohio and NASA. The FAA presented their CDM (Collaborative Decision Making) approach wherein the FAA and key stakeholders jointly recommend approaches to solving critical issues, such as advanced traffic control, weather and flight path options.

Dr. Akbar Sultan from NASA HQ spoke about the collaboration between NASA and FAA on the current research for NextGen. Dean Verna Ftizsimmmons from the College of Technology, Kent State University, shared information about the development of the aerospace programs at Kent State and the state-of-the-art traffic control simulation available for students. Dr. Michael Heil provided a comprehensive overview of activities and resources that are available through OAI.

A panel discussion was presented to share the ongoing effort of the Ohio Aerospace Initiative to promote the importance of the aerospace industry in the State of Ohio. Patricia Huddle, Business Development Manager for the Ohio Department of Development, showed the work that her office is doing to support collaboration between Ohio businesses, education institutions and the the research community. Dr. James Chrissis spoke about the collaborative efforts of The Air Force Institute of Technology with the FAA on CDM research. (Point of Contact: Joe Shaw

On Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, NASA Glenn Research Center and The Ohio State Univeristy co-hosted an evening at NASA GRC for high school students in Northeastern Ohio. The students were invited to explore possible careers in engineering. OSU provided information to the students about the engineering education opportunities in Columbus. 

Over 200 students and parents attended the event. GRC hosted a booth to provide the students with information about engineering careers at NASA Glenn. Many of the students were interested in the possiblilty of interships.   The attendees expressed a great deal of interest in OSU and GRC.  (Point of Contact: Robert Joe Shaw, Susan Gott, Stephanie Brown-Houston)

Take a look at our new Advanced Energy Brochures!  GRC has subject matter experts in a variety of Advanced Energy areas. Follow the link to the Maketing Page

Presenter: Shelia Bailey
NASA Glenn Research Center
Location: Building 3, Auditorium NASA Glenn Research Center

Sheila Bailey of the NASA Glenn Research Center will present a look at the current DOE Photovoltaics Program and the overlap of previous NASA GRC Photovoltaic Programs.